The Incredibly Strange Film Show (1988)

Country of Origin: UK
Date(s) of Broadcast:
Number of Seasons: 1
Total Number of Episodes: 6
Average Episode Running Times: 25 mins
Format: colour
Sound:

CREDITS

see individual episodes for credits.

SUMMARY

Jonathan Ross interviews some of the best-loved names in the worlds of strange, low-budget and obscure film-making.

CAPSULE REVIEW

A fabulous collection of insights into the more outré corners of the global film industries, with Ross at his film geek best, simply loving being in the company of people he clearly admires and respects. The only real complaint is that it's all too short - each episode could have been longer and the series itself, resurrected the following year as Son of the Incredibly Strange Film Show, should have gone on for years. Wonderful stuff - and why has it never been released on video or DVD?

EPISODES

John Waters: The Pope of Trash (5 August 1988)
Ray Dennis Steckler (12 August 1988)
Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Guru of Gore (19 August 1988)
Ted V. Mikels (26 August 1988)
Sam Raimi (2 September 1988)
Russ Meyer (9 September 1988)

AVAILABILITY

UK
Television Distributors: Channel 4

LINKS

SEQUEL
Son of the Incredibly Strange Film Show (1989)

REFERENCES

MAGAZINES

Empire no.55 (1 January 1994) pp.42-43 (UK)
illustrated interview with Jonathan Ross (Jonathan Ross: Incredibly Strange Film Buff by Mark Salisbury)

KEYWORDS

documentary, film history

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008